Word: simians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...female and, apelike jaw and all, a possible progenitor of Homo sapiens. . . . However, it seems to me that the most outstanding characteristic of British anthropology is the essentially sporting atti tude taken by scientists toward the discovery and acceptance of new finds, which may be contrasted with the morbid simian suspicions which obsess the Germans and the cynical detachment of the French...
...never see that there is any more difference between a senior midshipman and a junior midshipman than there is between a large cowpat and a small cowpat." Occasionally the force of his anecdotes is somewhat weakened by the necessity of bowdlerizing 'navy lingo into such terms as "simian-faced son of a spinster," or "blood-stained Bulgarians." Sailor Smith spent the War in "Trousers Pulling Down Contests" ("the officer whose brace buttons first touched the deck lost the contest") with his brother officers in the wardroom. Between times he commanded armed merchant cruisers, aircraft carriers. The War over...
Ernest A. Gray '37, sophomore center, was all over the floor again, and in the intervals when he was on his feet managed to slip in five points. On the defense his height and simian arms were potent stumbling-blocks for the Engineers, and his skill under the back-board prevented many enemy tallies...
...photographs of the Church of St. Joseph by Boehm, a group of four gargoyles by the sculptor Hensler, chalices and patenae by Michaelis, several original pieces by Barlach, a copper crucifix by Hans Wissel, reminiscent of the crucifix at Isenheim. Equally on exhibition is Cantabrigicus Abderitus, squinting, wrinkling his simian Georgian brow, murmuring "how HORRIBLE...
...annual show of the Pekingese Club of America the little dogs which peered out from wicker or glass cases strikingly resembled their fabled ancestors. There were the tawny coats, the pendulous ears, the wide chest and narrow hips of the lion. No imagination strain was needed to detect a simian likeness in their bright, popping eyes and bashed-in noses...